Antibacterial textile

ABSTRACT

An antibacterial textile is directed to a textile mainly formed by mixedly weaving a first yarn, a second yarn, and a copper yarn. The first yarn is exposed in an inside layer of the textile, and a material thereof has hydrophobicity and moisture permeability, to form a water-resistant surface. The second yarn and the copper yarn are exposed in an outside layer of the textile, and a material of the second yarn has moisture draining performance, to form an antibacterial and moisture draining surface. Therefore, when apparel made of the textile is worn, a water-resistant surface in contact with skin does not get wet after absorbing sweater under slight pressure. The sweat is absorbed by a moisture draining surface on the outside layer via the water-resistant surface, and the moisture is exhausted, so that the inside layer of the apparel still maintains dry and clean.

BACKGROUND Technical Field

The invention relates to an antibacterial textile, and in particular, toan antibacterial textile having a water-resistant inside layer and amoisture-draining outside layer.

Related Art

Generally, most of apparel sold on markets particularly focuses oneffects of permeability and moisture draining for being worncomfortably, especially sports apparel. How to exhaust heat, sweat, andmoisture produced after exercising from clothes to make wearers morecomfortable is an indicator to determine whether the sports apparel hasgood performance. All the major brands of sports apparel attentivelystudy how to research and develop apparel with higher air-permeabilityand higher moisture draining performance.

In addition to air permeability and moisture draining performances, foractivities such as mountaineering, river tracing, and sea trips,conditions such as humidity and light raining are likely to beencountered. If wearing raincoats or other fully waterproof apparel, thewearers are likely to be uncomfortable due to stuffiness and sweatingcaused by airtight and wet conditions. As a result, some lightwaterproof and rainproof apparel preventing moisture from penetratinginto clothes, but still maintaining air permeability and moisturedraining performances is required.

For general waterproof apparel, waterproof processing is performed on asurface of the apparel, so that once the apparel comes into contact withliquid, the liquid does not immediately penetrate into an inside of theapparel, and the apparel can be prevented from getting wet andcontacting skin provided that water drops are shaken off as soon aspossible. However, in this way, the moisture draining effect isdefinitely poor. Sweat cannot be easily exhausted, and the moisturedraining effect from inside to outside is relatively weak.

Therefore, the invention is devoted to improving the above deficiencies,researching and developing a textile made of cloth with a bettermoisture draining effect and a waterproof effect, to make apparel moresuitable for sports.

SUMMARY

To resolve the above problems, an objective of the invention is toprovide a textile having a water-resistant inside layer and amoisture-draining outside layer to exhaust sweat from inside to outsideand enhance moisture draining performance.

The invention discloses an antibacterial textile, mainly formed bymixedly weaving a first yarn, a second yarn, and a copper yarn, wherethe first yarn is exposed in an inside layer of the textile, and amaterial thereof has hydrophobicity and moisture permeability, to form awater-resistant surface, and the second yarn and the copper yarn areexposed in an outside layer of the textile, and a material of the secondyarn has moisture draining performance, to form an antibacterial andmoisture draining surface.

In embodiments of this application, a coverage ratio of the first yarnto the inside layer of the textile is in a range of 85% to 95%, acoverage ratio of the second yarn to the outside layer of the textile isin a range of 65% to 70%, and a coverage ratio of the copper yarn to theoutside layer of the textile is in a range of 20% to 25%.

In the embodiments of this application, the material of the first yarnis one of a polyamide fiber, a polyester fiber, and a polypropylenepolymer. The material of the second yarn is one of a synthetic fiber anda natural fiber.

In the embodiments of this application, a copper ion content in thecopper yarn is in a range of 5% to 10%.

In the embodiments of this application, the textile is soaked in a zincoxide solution with a concentration in a range of 5% to 10%, to make thefirst yarn and the second yarn contain zinc oxide.

In the embodiments of this application, the textile further includes abamboo charcoal fiber, and the bamboo charcoal fiber, the second yarnand the copper yarn are mixedly woven.

Therefore, the advantage of the present invention is that through thewater-resistant characteristic of the inside layer, namely, thewater-resistant surface, of the textile, although sweat cannot beabsorbed immediately after coming into contact with the textile, thesweat also penetrates into the textile under slight pressure or after along time, and moisture is exhausted via the antibacterial and moisturedraining surface of the outside layer of the textile. Because the insidelayer is the water-resistant surface, the moisture either coming fromthe outside or penetrating from the inside layer does not cause theinside layer to get wet, thereby making clothes maintain dry, clean, andcomfortable.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a water-resistant surface of anantibacterial textile according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an antibacterial and moisture drainingsurface of an antibacterial textile according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a first yarn of an antibacterialtextile according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a second yarn and a copper yarn of anantibacterial textile according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a state of an antibacterial textilecontacting water according to the present invention; and

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an antibacterial textile with a bamboocharcoal fiber according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Detailed contents and technical description about the present inventionare further described by using embodiments. However, it should beunderstood the embodiments are only used for illustration, and shouldnot be construed as limitations on implementations of the invention.

It should be noted that, terms in the specification, the claims, and theabove drawings of the present invention, such as “first”, “second”,“inside layer”, and “outside layer” are used for differentiallydescribing similar objects, and are not definitely used for describing aspecific order or sequence. It should be understood data used in thisway is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances, so that theembodiments of the present invention described herein can be implementedin an order other than those illustrated in diagrams or describedherein.

Refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5. The invention relates to an antibacterialtextile 100, mainly formed by mixedly weaving a first yarn 110, a secondyarn 120, and a copper yarn 130. The first yarn 110 is exposed in aninside layer of the textile 100, and a material of the first yarn 110has hydrophobicity and moisture permeability, to form a water-resistantsurface 111. The second yarn 120 and the copper yarn 130 are exposed inan outside layer of the textile 100, and a material of the second yarn120 has moisture draining performance, to form an antibacterial andmoisture draining surface 121 together with the copper yarn 130.

In an implementation, a coverage ratio of the first yarn 110 to theinside layer of the textile 100 is in a range of 85% to 95%, a coverageratio of the second yarn 120 to the outside layer of the textile 100 isin a range of 65% to 70%, and a coverage ratio of the copper yarn 130 tothe outside layer of the textile 100 is in a range of 20% to 25%.

In an implementation, the material of the first yarn 110 is one of apolyamide fiber, a polyester fiber, and a polypropylene polymer. Thematerial is a fiber having hydrophobicity and moisture permeability, sothat the inside layer that is of the textile 100 and in which the firstyarn 110 has a relatively large coverage ratio can form thewater-resistant surface 111 for achieving a waterproof effect.Therefore, once liquid comes into contact with the water-resistantsurface 111, the liquid does not easily penetrate into the textile 100,and water drops 210 are formed on the water-resistant surface 111. Thewater drops 210 (liquid) can penetrate into the textile 100 when thewater drops 210 are pressed under external pressure, and moisture isexhausted via the antibacterial and moisture draining surface 121.

The material of the second yarn 120 is one of a synthetic fiber and anatural fiber having good air permeability and moisture drainingperformance, such as rayon, lyocell, cotton, flax, and silk. A copperion content in the copper yarn 130 is in a range of 5% to 10%. For thecopper yarn 130, an original material is soaked into a copper ionsolution before fibers are drawn, so that the original material of thecopper yarn 130 contains copper ions, and then the drawing is performed.Therefore, the drawn fibers naturally contain the copper ions.

The copper ions have characteristics of easing pain, cooling down, beinganti-bacteria, and being anti-inflammation, where the trace copper ionscan attack cell membranes, nucleic acids and enzymes of bacteria, anddestroy cell protein to make bacteria die or lose the capability ofdivision and proliferation. Therefore, the good antibacterial propertyof the copper ions can inhibit proliferation of bacteria and fungi toprevent corrupt odor and eliminate smells. In addition, the copper ionshave a particularly good anti-fungi effect, excellent antibacterialefficacy thereof has an inhibitory effect on fungal skin diseases.Therefore, the use of copper ion-containing fibers can play a role inregulating diseases of the skin, gynecology, and the like.

Therefore, the outside layer that is of the textile 100 and in which thesecond yarn 120 and the copper yarn 130 have a relatively large coverageratio can form the antibacterial and moisture draining surface 121. Whenthe water drops 210 (liquid) penetrate into the antibacterial andmoisture draining surface 121 from the water-resistant surface 111,waterlogging 220 is presented on the antibacterial and moisture drainingsurface 121. However, due to improvement of the air permeability and themoisture draining performance, the waterlogging 220 can be eliminatedquickly for maintaining dry and clean.

Further, the textile 100 may be soaked in a zinc oxide solution with aconcentration in a range of 5% to 10%, to make the first yarn 110 andthe second yarn 120 contain zinc oxide. The zinc oxide is non-toxic andnon-irritant to the skin, has good thermal stability, can make thefibers highly elastic, has a strong ultraviolet absorption function, andcan be used for ultraviolet light shielding. The zinc oxide also has agood antibacterial mechanism. In a neutral environment, peroxidationoccurs on surfaces of the zinc oxide crystals, the peroxidation inhibitsgrowth of bacteria, and therefore antibacterial and deodorizing effectsare brought.

Furthermore, refer to FIG. 6. The textile 100 further includes a bamboocharcoal fiber 140, and the bamboo charcoal fiber 140, the second yarn120 and the copper yarn 130 are mixedly woven. A porous structure of thebamboo charcoal fiber 140 has good moisture absorption and releasefunctions. A special internal ultra-fine micropore structure makes thebamboo charcoal fiber have a strong adsorption capability, and thebamboo charcoal fiber can absorb harmful substances such asformaldehyde, benzene, toluene and ammonia in the air, eliminate badsmells, and also have antibacterial efficacy. Therefore, through thedeodorizing and antibacterial efficacy of the bamboo charcoal fiber 140,the bamboo charcoal fiber 140, the second yarn 120 and the copper yarn130 are mixedly woven, and therefore the antibacterial, moisturedraining and air permeability effects can be further enhanced.

In an implementation, the textile 100 is suitable for various textilefabrics, such as clothes, trousers, suits, socks and gloves, and inparticular, the textile 100 is most suitable for apparel such assportswear and socks with higher requirements for moisture absorptionand air exhaustion due to sports sweat. When the sweat produced by humanbodies adheres to the apparel woven from the textile 100, the insidelayer of the textile 100 can directly contact human skin. Thewater-resistant surface 111 makes the sweat penetrate into theantibacterial and moisture draining surface 121 from the water-resistantsurface 111 by the pressure of contact with the skin or after the sweatadheres the skin for a period of time, and then the second yarn 120 ofthe antibacterial and moisture draining surface 121 exhausts moistureand maintains air permeability. Moisture from outside or moistureremaining in the textile 100 is blocked by the water-resistant surface111, and does not wet the human skin again, so that the human skin canstill maintain dry, clean and comfortable even after sweating.

Moreover, through the antibacterial effect of the copper yarn 130, theskin of wearers is less prone to be red, swollen and itchy due tomoisture allergy, or bacterial or fungal infections. Further, theapparel made by the textile 100 soaked in a zinc oxide solution, or theapparel added with the bamboo charcoal fiber 140 can further strengthenthe antibacterial and deodorizing effects thereof, thereby bringingwearing experience of being drier, cleaner, and more comfortable.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific embodiments of thisapplication, and are not intended to limit this application in any form.Although this application has been disclosed above through the specificembodiments, the embodiments are not intended to limit this application.Any person skilled in the art can make some variations or modifications,which are equivalent changes, according to the foregoing disclosedtechnical content to obtain equivalent embodiments without departingfrom the scope of the technical solutions of this application. Anysimple amendment, equivalent change, or modification made to theforegoing embodiments according to the technical essence of thisapplication without departing from the content of the technicalsolutions of this application shall fall within the scope of thetechnical solutions of this application.

What is claimed is:
 1. An antibacterial textile, mainly formed bymixedly weaving a first yarn, a second yarn, and a copper yarn, whereinthe first yarn is exposed in an inside layer of the textile, and amaterial thereof has hydrophobicity and moisture permeability, to form awater-resistant surface, and the second yarn and the copper yarn areexposed in an outside layer of the textile, and a material of the secondyarn has moisture draining performance, to form an antibacterial andmoisture draining surface.
 2. The antibacterial textile according toclaim 1, wherein a coverage ratio of the first yarn to the inside layerof the textile is in a range of 85% to 95%.
 3. The antibacterial textileaccording to claim 1, wherein a coverage ratio of the second yarn to theoutside layer of the textile is in a range of 65% to 70%.
 4. Theantibacterial textile according to claim 1, wherein a coverage ratio ofthe copper yarn to the outside layer of the textile is in a range of 20%to 25%.
 5. The antibacterial textile according to claim 1, wherein thematerial of the first yarn is one of a polyamide fiber, a polyesterfiber, and a polypropylene polymer.
 6. The antibacterial textileaccording to claim 1, wherein the material of the second yarn is one ofa synthetic fiber and a natural fiber.
 7. The antibacterial textileaccording to claim 1, wherein a copper ion content in the copper yarn isin a range of 5% to 10%.
 8. The antibacterial textile according to claim1, wherein the textile is soaked in a zinc oxide solution with aconcentration in a range of 5% to 10%, to make the first yarn and thesecond yarn contain zinc oxide.
 9. The antibacterial textile accordingto claim 1, wherein the textile further comprises a bamboo charcoalfiber, and the bamboo charcoal fiber, the second yarn and the copperyarn are mixedly woven.